Manga : sixty years of Japanese comics / Paul Gravett.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Collins Design, 2004.Description: 176 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cmISBN:- 1856693910
- 9781856693912
- Sixty years of Japanese comics
- 60 years of Japanese comics
- 741.50952 22
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Books | Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) General Stacks | 741.50952 G776m 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 01 | Available | 019748 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-173) and index.
Irresponsible pictures : addressing perceptions and prejudices -- Catch up, overtake : the medium, the industry, the market, the profession -- Japanese spirit, Western learning : roots in traditional arts and imported cartoons and strips -- The father storyteller : the life and role of Osamu Tezuka, originator of story manga -- From a darker place : Gekiga or 'dramatic pictures' from pay libraries to newsstands -- Boys are forever : boys' comics as the driving force of story manga -- Through a woman's eyes : the genres and genders of girls' and women's comics -- Developing maturity : the mass market for young males and adult men grows up -- The all-encompassing : a medium for every taste, interest and stage of life -- Personal agendas : the individualism of underground, fanzine and art comics subcultures -- Culture and Imperialism : manga as a major export and global influence.
An accessible introduction to the development and diversity of Japanese comics from 1945 to the present.